Benefits for parents and carers
[ch 2: pages 8-9]Parents and carers also stand to gain from working in ways that deliver family time back and allow them more scope to work around childcare or other care should it break down. This includes a range of flexible ways of working including homeworking, which can make it easier to be available for other commitments.
The Working Families Flexistability report found that more than nine in 10 working parents and carers want their workplace to retain the flexible working achieved during COVID-19 after the pandemic.
However, UNISON points out that, like any other work arrangement, homeworking is not a means of combining work with caring responsibilities. Most homeworking agreements make clear that employees with caring responsibilities need to have proper care arrangements in place during their contracted working hours.
Working Families, Flexistability: Building back better for the UK’s working parents (https://res.cloudinary.com/workingfamilies/images/v1616492655/Flexistability_Report_UPDATED-2710/Flexistability_Report_UPDATED-2710.pdf)